Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-31
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-o.sr the Garden WAR 81 tbs Opens
House tonight.
The tags Pienesr. HoIyoks an3 Tacous
EeFe In port yesterd y.
The ship Lsuirans sailed Last Sunday
coal laden for San Francisco.
The pioneers Of Washington Territory
meet 81 Peri Tow ssnd thu year % Jzne
Ths skip Blue Jacket has rsssived Or
deEs 70 ioad coal Ahead Of the ship HAr-
| yeatEr.
An ofths Shipping was gaiiy decorated
Yesterday II commemor4tion OF Decorar
ton Day.
The STEAMER elympian len here early
yesterd y m1rning for Alaska with . fair
Ast Of exeursionists.
Measrs. Allen and Nielsen are building
. new pie driver a. the foot Of CONNER
cial ana King streets.
Ow ng 20 the heavy fre'ght destined for
Yictoria. the Nerth Pacific did not leave
here yesterday TIL 8 g. m.
George 8. knight 10 one Of the brightest
comedians on the stage. and eEery play
goer In the cry should see him.
The schooner Mary Parker. with 20
tons Of stone fFom ChuckHuuf for Ike
Union Block, VIII arrive here today.
Those who desire 10 OF joy 3 hearty
laugh should not fail 70 aftead the Per
foEIHsnce 81 fTys'a Opera House this
evening.
The telephone once IL being moved
from the Western Union Office 70 tie
North side OF Cherry street. The once
viii not be open thls evening.
Yesterday. Decoration Day. was very
gen rails OBJ asved throughout the city,
sha affarNasorf atruaaf sH
branches Of business were suspended.
Meaaias are quite prevalent In this city
among thu children OF certain Ice titles.
In some instances whole families have
been taken down with the annoying dis
ease.
The Leo has sailed for Alaska. She
took. besides coal and lumber, 40 tens a
general merchandise from here. ehs will
sail again for the North about the nrss Of
lIy.
The yacht race last Sunday between
the Never Mind and Meteor. TO Blskely
hecks and return. WAS won By the Ne
teOr dist3nciRg her rival over . mile;
time, 2s03.
Captain Ellis has not Jet commenced
fitting IN the M0untAinfe-, but expects TO
have MS matters 90 arranged as 70 en-
able him TO 90 ahead with the work In q
few days.
No Eastern mall arrived Sunday or
Monday eysRing. and none viii PROBABLY
arrive before Wednesday or Thursday.
The delay Is occasi oned ny the caviAg in
OF q tunnel near Butte Montana.
An employer of the electric light |
company says that the disArrangsment Of
their wires, and replacing them along |
frant street. where they had 20 be cut in |
order 10 allow the MehlhoTA block 70 pass,
had cost the company SOL
Chief Justice Jones convened the Dis |
trict Court yesterday, and adjourned |
without tThnsActing any business In or
der TO enable the members OF the bar and |
Others connected with the Court 70 par |
ticipAte In the memorial exercises.
Ample accommodation in the way of |
TRANSPORTATION Is aaorcef citizens resid- |
ing on SOU k slough by the steamers |
Squak an0 Una. which are keps busy In |
men and supplies from lAu
rel shade 70 the camps OF the Railroad |
b 1ilders along that stream.
The ships st. Mark aud J. b. Thomas.
Captains Nichols and Leonard, had a |
lively race mp from Port Townsend yes |
terday. The ST Ma X In tow Of the tug |
Holy o. e. roa an ied Admiralty Point when |
the j, n Thomas, In tow or the tug Ia
cOms, started There was quite little |
rivalry as to which ship would reach Sc
attic first and receive the quickest dis
patch In coming into the haroor there |
was but length or two difference. The /
J b. Thomas reached the dock first. and /
win probohly be the frs, iaded.
Yesterday morning while engaged In |
coupling cars. Murdoch Stewart, an EN- |
ployee Of the Columbia s Puget sound |
Railroad Company, met with very pain |
full accid- mt. tie was coupling two cas-
when the engine came with such forcs |
against the cars as 20 break the draw |
head Of the rear car. jammtBg him In DO
tween the two. He was carried 70 his
home and the attending physician pro
nouneed no bones broken. the injuries
being on the alp and IN "a. Il seem
that the engineer thought he had gone
down the track to do some switching and
did not know he was between the care.